Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively counter the growing threat.

1074: A member of staff in a nursing home has been committed for trial in relation to charges against a mentally ill patient. She is accused of ill-treating the male patient.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.